Sunday, October 26, 2008

So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans

In the poem "So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans" by Jimmy Santiago Baca, it almost sounds like the narrator is being sarcastic in asking the questions he asks. "Do they sneak into town at night" (line 8). If they need a job bad enough they may arrive at night but not to be sneaky. They too need to feed their families just like we do. We may even sneak into town at night, it's not the Mexicans. The children are the ones suffering. "The children are dead already, we are killing them/that is what americans should be saying" (38-39). We can't save the world but we can be compassionate to others and help out whenever we can. Don't stereotype because others take our jobs too and even some of us don't want to work period. So we give them our jobs. This is America where we are free, and that means all of us are free. Free to tackle a job fit to work and that is available.

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